Daegu District Court Sentences High School Student to 12 Years Imprisonment for Killing Female Middle School Student Who Rejected Dating Proposal

5 Years of Probation with 5 Years of Supervision

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A high school student was sentenced to 12 years in prison (long term) and 5 years (short term) for strangling to death a middle school girl one year younger than him, after she rejected his proposal to date.

The Daegu District Court Criminal Division 12 (Chief Judge Lee Jin-gwan) handed down the sentence on the 20th to high school student A (16), who was detained and indicted on charges of murder and desecration of a corpse, and ordered probation for 5 years.

The Juvenile Act stipulates that minors under the age of 19 who commit crimes are sentenced to an indeterminate sentence with upper and lower limits divided into long-term and short-term terms. After serving the short-term sentence, early release before the expiration of the long-term sentence is possible depending on the correctional authorities' evaluation.

A is accused of causing the death of B (15) on the morning of August 10 near the embankment by Mutaegyo Bridge in Buk-gu, Daegu, after she refused to date him. Initially, during police investigation, A claimed, "B asked me to kill her, so I strangled her," but it was understood that he committed the crime because he could not control his anger after B rejected his proposal due to her intellectual disability.

The court explained the sentencing reason in the judgment, stating, "The defendant took the victim's life, causing an irreversible outcome. He even desecrated the corpse, so an appropriate punishment is necessary."

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